While the 4-year-old kitty weighs so much bypassers can often be heard yelling, "Holy sh*t, is that a cat?" his owner, Jonathan "Splurt" Zurbel, 42, insists Samson reached his gargantuan size naturally.

"It's challenging at times, but I have a fair amount of space for him," Zurbel said. "He has a little cabana set up in my room. He always finds a place to hang out and chill. He used to climb up the tree, but he got too heavy."

As Samson grew, Zurbel said he had to start looking for bigger equipment and ventured into the dog section — although, he said, dog collars and harnesses don't quite fit the giant cat properly.

Soon, suspecting Samson was on his way to becoming the largest cat in New York, Zurbel approached veterinarians in the area with his cat's measurements. No other veterinarian reported a bigger cat.

He even took to Catstradamus' Instagram page, and asked anyone to comment if they knew of a bigger cat. No one came forward.